MOBILE, Alabama -- Mobile County schools superintendent candidate is sure that he can do great things here, but is he too confident?

That was one question raised in evaluation forms completed by participants in this week's superintendent interviews.

As superintendent of the 32,000-student Indianapolis Public Schools, White has said his experiences with urban schools make him a good fit here. He's an Alabama native, born in Phenix City. And though he's twice been named Indiana's Superintendent of the Year, his district has some challenges - including battling charter schools for student enrollment, state takeover of four troubling schools, and a threat to give control of the district to the city's mayor.

White has the highest public profile of the three finalists for the job to lead Alabama's largest school system. The school board will meet tomorrow at 1 p.m. to decide whether to hire him or either of the other candidates: Peggy Connell, an adjunct professor at Samford University in Birmingham who was chief academic officer and superintendent in Georgia and Talladega, and Dale Robbins, who recently retired as an associate superintendent of Gwinnett County schools near Atlanta.

The Press-Register has obtained copies of the evaluation forms that were filled out mostly anonymously by parents, students, teachers, principals, business leaders and others who participated in or watched parts of the interviews Tuesday and Wednesday.

Board members are reviewing these forms as they try to come to a decision.

Here are some of the comments:

"He is so confident and commanding that he can come across as intimidating," a principal wrote. But he does have "the knowledge, confidence and experience to lead our district."

White is "poised, confident and in control." He is "extremely progressive and innovative in his thinking. He seems to understand public education," according to a principal, who added with emphasis, "Outstanding applicant! Experience appears to exceed all expectations!"

One teacher who said White was her top candidate added that he appeared to be "somewhat arrogant, but his confidence might be useful." She added that he did not make any promises because he needs to to review the data, "but he appeared concerned and willing to make changes."

Several noted approval of ideas he has to provide a more uniform plan for student discipline and increase the graduation rate.

But some people raised concern over the fact that while he was interviewing in Mobile, he was also a finalist for the superintendent job in Greenville, S.C. The Greenville school board voted Tuesday to hire an internal candidate instead.

"Dr. White seems to match the vision and mission of the district," a central office administrator wrote. But a member of the community added that he's concerned that White would not get along with business leaders.

A member of the community raised this concern: "Can he create a competitive enough system here to prevent further splits among townships?"